In “THE FATHER” by August Strindberg, a wife will do anything to maintain control over her daughter’s academic and religious education and goes so far as to cast doubts as to whether her husband is the father of that daughter. The husband, an army captain, is a scientist and a “free thinker” and would do anything to have his daughter educated in town and perhaps become a teacher.

An epic battle of the sexes ensues and everything and everyone is fair game, including manipulating the town Pastor and Doctor to play their parts. Written in 1887, this battle is as fierce now, as ever.

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Terry is the managing content editor for Massachusetts Newswire™, and has been a team member of the Neotrope® News Network since March 2009. He is currently attending college in Boston (he didn't make it into MIT and blames Red Bull for not giving him wiings to do so), does not hang out at "frat" parties, or have an avatar in Second Life, but he is a huge J.J. Abrams fan, and slavish to all things pop culture.